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Legitimocythere acanthoderma

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Legitimocythere acanthoderma was named by Coles and Whatley (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Legitimocythere acanthoderma Coles and Whatley
1994Legitimocythere acanthoderma Guernet and Moullade

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusLegitimocythereColes and Whatley 1989
speciesacanthodermaColes and Whatley 1989

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Legitimocythere acanthoderma Coles and Whatley 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Atlantic Legitimocythere acanthoderma (201874 201875 201900)